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Christ and the Twelve Apostles

ca. 1400
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 601

This picture, showing Christ and his apostles beneath an arcade tooled into the gold background, is from the base (predella) of an unidentified altarpiece. The apostles are recognizable by their attributes, for example Saints Peter with the keys of heaven and James with his pilgrim’s staff. When this work was painted, Taddeo di Bartolo was perhaps the most highly regarded Tuscan artist in Italy and had commissions from as far afield as Padua, Genoa, and Pisa. In his native Siena he was the preferred artist of the government, notably decorating their chapel in the Palazzo Pubblico, the city’s town hall.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Christ and the Twelve Apostles
  • Artist: Taddeo di Bartolo (Italian, Siena ca. 1362–1422 Siena)
  • Date: ca. 1400
  • Medium: Tempera on wood, gold ground
  • Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 73 1/8 in. (24.4 x 185.7 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Lucy G. Moses, 1990
  • Object Number: 1991.27.1
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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Head of an Angel in Left Profile, Taddeo di Bartolo Italian, Tempera on wood (paint around head scraped away and vacant area gessoed)
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